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Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Thomas Brightman British
Not on view
Title-page to Thomas Brightman, 'The Revelation of St. John Illustrated with an Analysis & Scholions' (London, Samuel Cartwright, 1644); title in centre, with border depicting various scenes from the Book of Revelation.
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Title: Title-page with apocalypse imagery
Series/Portfolio: Title Pages by Author
Etcher:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Artist:
After Thomas Brightman (British, Nottingham 1562–1607)
Date: 1644
Medium: Etching; only state
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 in. × 4 5/16 in. (15.3 × 11 cm)
cut outside the borderlines and just within the platemak
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number: 20.81.3.368
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